Motorola RAZR V3c
Average Ratings
Great phone (with a few flaws... nothing major though)
I have this phone on U.S. Cellular. It's a great phone overall... here's a summary of the pros and cons:
PROS>
Reception
Fast software (remember I'm using it on U.S. Cellular so I have the original Moto software)
Mini USB charging port
very ergonomic
CONS>
Double-date outer display problem (network problem, not in the phone)
battery life isn't that great
That's about it... having the Moto software in this phone makes it alot better than the dang Verizon software.
Worst Phone Ever
I got my RAZR V3c on January 5, 2006. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Since then the phone has gone down hill. When loading the menu you feel like you didn't even press the button. When the phone is in my pocket the side buttons always change from the ringer to vibrate and then to 'All Off". When I'm not even touching it it makes this high pitched sound for no reason at all. The key pad is falling of. The camera is also turning on by itself. The only good thing about this phone is that is skinny. I am switching back to my old LG VX4500 that is 3 years old and is so much better then this RAZR still.
RAZR's are the worst
Works Great for me!
I use the bluetooth headset all day long and this phone has worked better than the e815 and the lg8100. I dont see why all the fuss cuzz this phone works great! No problems of any i have read on here so be carefull what you read, i almost didn't get the phone because of the reviews i read. I did get the extended battery only cuzz i talk all day long. Go get it, its a keeper if you want good call quality and signal.
Steven in California.
verizon razr v3c is a terrible phone
I got a wonderful deal from Verizon about three months ago. It was buy one,get one free. It was my time to renew my contract, so I got the $100.00 credit, so I ended up paying about three dollars for taxes, for two razrs. Gave the one razr to my elderly mother who is also on my plan. I used the other one for approximately three months. My previous phone was an Audiovox 9900. As of today, I am back using the Audiovox 9900. Here is why.
The Razr v3c is one of the worst phones I have ever used. It took it about 45 seconds to load up when I turned it on in the morning. Not quite as long to turn off when I plugged it up for charging at night. The keypad was loose, and I took it back to verizon and showed them the instructions from this forum on how to tighten it up.
It was slow to do anything....going to the menu, going to contacts.......just ridiculous.
My main reason for returning it though, was the fact that those stupid side buttons for volumn and ringer selection were just too darn sensitive. I cannot count all the times that just picking the phone up, or opening it, I accidentally changed the phone to ring from vibrate, or ringer/vibrate to off.....then walking around for half a day not realizing the phone was on silent.
Through these forums, I found that yes, you can lock the keypad and side buttons by pressing CLEAR + *. You can even answer the the phone with the keypad locked, but damn, why have to go through a two step process of pressing CLEAR + * each time you want to use the phone. It's just a stupid design and I got sick of it.
About the only thing I liked about it was that the speakerphone volumn was very good.
Thank goodness I had my old Audiovox 9900.
Well I like it.
Sadly I forgot to follow my own advice, which is never read reviews on things I own. Theyre almost always negative and half the time aren't very true.
ANYWAY, I don't have many complaints with my razr, I've loved it so far. verizon of course has the excellent coverage theyre known for, so no complaints there.
I had a Kyocera Slider for almost 2 years, and it was a great phone, unfortunatly i lost it, but got to upgrade to the razr.
At first I was uneasy because it seemed unwieldly, but after trying it out i found that all the buttons are easy to find and its quite confortable to use.
The menues arent unlike the menus on my old phone, and i dont find them hard to navigate.
Whats this about response time from imputting buttons/commands? mine is almost instant, way faster reactions than my old phone.
I do with there was a Vibrate/Ring function, but again my old phone didnt have it, so im not losing anything. It would be nice however.
And battery life? Mines been on and in periodic use, including searching ringtones, for almost 24 hours how since a full charge and im 1 out of 4 bars down. going by that it should last at least another 2 mabey 3 days before needing a charge, thats not what i call bad battery life. Besides, is charging it overnight so hard? but its good to know if i dont have my charger for a few days, itll be ok.
Perfect phone!
I never thought an all around good phone would come along and it did.
The Razr v3c is great!
I've had it for about a 2 weeks and I must say it's wonderful. It let's you customize ringtones and pics for every contact in your phone. You'll have a fun time doing this if you have the program Motorola Phone Tools which can be purchased at the Motorola site.
It's a great size. Fits in any pocket.
Has plenty of memory and if bought for Metro PCS in the Miami, FL area it has great reception. Probably the best you will ever have as MetroPCS for a carrier.
Pros: Great size, Good memory capacity, Good quality hardware that's pretty hard to break. Great sound quality, More then enough talk time and a hell of a stylish model.
Cons: No .Gif files as wallpapers.
Other then that? This phone ROCKS and I reccommend it to everyone!
Worst Phone Ever
The only good thing about this phone is how it looks. After I had my phone for about 8 days it just stopped working. And when I say stopped working, I mean completely. The screen went blank, & I couldn't make or receive calls. I couldn't even open my contact list to get the old numbers out. When I returned it, the people at the verizon store couldn't figure out what was wrong with it. They said they had never seen anything like it. And I had never dropped the phone, or gotten it wet or anything. Also after about 3 days of owning this phone I noticed that most of my calls went straight to voicemail. The speakerphone is awful, it echos really bad and you can only hear about every third word of the other person. I can't understand how this phone sells. It is by far the worst I have ever owned. Don't buy this phone, and if you do make sure you have some kind of warranty or insurance.
Good solid stylish phone
(Moto Razr v3c with Verizon Service)
PRO
- USB Connector! At last!
- Excellent sound quality
- Good signal reception (not great)
- Stylish & solid
- Decent camera
- Good sound quality to Blue Tooth head set
CON
- Screen very hard to read outdoors
- Etched keypad touchy
- Center keypad rocker button hard to hit
- Moderate battery life
- Outside screen small and hard to read
- Side buttons too easy to hit accidentally
- Very limited ring tones
- No wired headset option
- Moto / Verizon menu system goofy
The battery life when I first got the phone was horrendous. Then I turned off the Blue Tooth when not using it which helped a little. What really made a difference was going online to find out how to disable the EVDO feature (not documented or supported). With EVDO turned off I get 2 to 3 days of battery life with normal talk time, which I consider marginal battery life.
Moto also finally got rid of the clumsy and problematic connector and replaced it with a standard mini-USB connector. The same connector is used for both power charging and for the computer interface, though I discovered that the computer interface âofficeâ package doesnât like to connect to the phone when it is fully charged. If the phone has a partial charge (even 99%) the computer connection works fine. The Office package is a recommended add-on as a good way to back up your phone book, and a good way to enter lots of names & numbers at one time. Anyone who has had to replace a destroyed phone knows what Iâm talking about.
The phone also does not come with a standard headset plug. If you want to use the phone for hands-free, you need to buy the expensive Blue Tooth headset.
Setting up speed dials is a little quirky and requires you to have single number entries in the phone book. Annoying.
Overall, I make this a recommended phone to purchase.
VZ Razr Coolest Phone
I have had the phone for VZ for about a week now.. great awesome sound quality.. great reception.. and in typical Moto fashion.. some odd menus.. (got used to Kyoceras menus)
Love it.. its beautiful.. and works GREAT!
Not The Greatest
I have had this phone for a few months, and I have to say after having LG phones, this phone is not all that great.
Pro's
Thin
Nice Camera
Can send Small Mp3 files to use as ringtones
Speaker phone works well
Cons
Delay in Menus
No Flash for pictures
Cannot Ring/vibrate at same time
No expandable memory slot
Poor battery life
No extended battery available
I know I have only listed a few pros and cons, but this phone is not worth the money. I guess I am just used to LG phones, while this phone does have some decent features I just think the phone could have been a lot better. I mean it looks nice but take away the thinness of the phone and you have just a basic phone, with basic bells and whistles.
I am going to sell this phone and go back to LG.
